People QuickFacts	Dover	Delaware
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	36,560	908,137
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	36,043	897,934
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.4%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	36,047	897,934
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.6%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.5%	22.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.4%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.6%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	48.3%	68.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	42.2%	21.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.7%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.1%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.6%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	45.6%	65.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	76.4%	85.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.4%	8.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.5%	12.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.7%	87.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	26.5%	28.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,360	77,593
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.2	24.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	15,024	405,885
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	55.7%	73.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	32.1%	17.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$193,900	$244,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	12,603	332,837
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.53	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,508	$29,659
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,754	$59,317
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.5%	11.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Dover	Delaware
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,282	74,573
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	12.7%	8.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.5%	4.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.6%	2.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.6%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,413,540	25,679,939
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	216,440	5,727,401
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,291,413	14,202,083
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$36,376	$16,421
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	378,644	1,910,770

   	Geography QuickFacts	Dover	Delaware
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	23.15	1,948.54
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,557.2	460.8
 	FIPS Code    	21200	10
 	Counties    	Kent County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts